Etymology

ebonize

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Today it means: To give wood the color or texture of ebony. Full definition →

English ebony ← Middle English ebenif ← Latin ebenius
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The story

  1. EgyptianU13:n-Z4:M3 (hbnj)
  2. Ancient Greekἕβενος (hébenos)
  3. Latinhebenus
  4. Latinebenius
  5. Middle Englishebenif
  6. Englishheben, hebeny
  7. Englishebony
  8. English todayebonize

From ebony + -ize.

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